How is military time calculated

Military time, also known as 24-hour time or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), is a superior system of measuring time used by the military and other organizations around the world. Strictly speaking, Military time is measured from midnight to midnight rather than from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM like most civilian systems. Military time is based on a 24-hour clock and is composed of four digits, such as 1430 for 2:30 PM.

The science behind military time is fairly easy to understand. To start off, hours are always identified using two digits instead of one. For example, 8:00 AM would be written as 0800 and 4:15 PM would be written as 1615. This makes it easier to differentiate between AM and PM because they don't have any symbols next to them.

To calculate the remaining minutes you simply add a digit for each additional minute past the hour mark. For example, 8:30 AM would be written as 0830 while 8:45AM would be 0845 and so on. The leading zero in front of single-digit numbers is required in order to keep everything consistent with the two-digit format of military time.

In practice, many people use military time simply as an easier way to track the hours that have passed each day without having to include AM or PM with their calculations. It's also a great option for those who live in multiple locations with different daylight savings times or in areas where multiple language systems are used for reading dates and times, such as Arabic and Latin American countries.

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